The first edition of Iasi Open 2014 was held from 10th to 18th May, 2014 at Palas Mall, in the city of Iasi, known as the cultural capital of Romania.
The organizers provided prize fund in the amount of 25 000€, split into three separate tournaments:
– Open “A”, open to all participants, regardless of their rating and age;
– Open “B” – open to juniors under 12 (born after 01.01.2001)
– Open “C” – blitz tournament, open to all.
Open “A” was convincingly won by the Paraguayan GM Axel Bachmann with 8/9 points and an impressive performance of 2800. He grabbed the trophy, together with 5000€.
GM Igor Lysyj (RUS) and GM Mircea-Emilian Parligras (ROU) shared second place with 7.5/9 points each.
The local player Rares Plugaru claimed Open “B” with 8/9 points, leaving the runner-up Valeria Mocanu from Moldova half a point behind.
Third place was shared in a 3-way tie by Dragos Ceres (MDA), Stepan Zaiarski (MDA) and Ionut-Cristian Tugurlan (ROU) with 7/9 points each.
GM Alexandr Fier (BRA) topped the blitz event Open “C” with 8/9 points, leaving the nearest followers half a point behind. Second place was shared in a 3-way tie by GM Vladislav Nevednichy (ROU), the winner of Open “A” GM Axel Bachmann and GM Igor Kovalenko with 7.5/9 points each.
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Open “A” final standings (top finishers):
1 GM Bachmann Axel PAR 2589 8
2 GM Lysyj Igor RUS 2661 7,5
3 GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian ROU 2559 7,5
4 GM Prohaszka Peter HUN 2575 7
5 GM Svetushkin Dmitry MDA 2544 7
6 GM Kovchan Alexander UKR 2558 7
7 GM Nevednichy Vladislav ROU 2546 7
8 GM Kovalenko Igor LAT 2611 7
9 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2647 6,5
10 GM Kulaots Kaido EST 2571 6,5
11 GM L’ami Erwin NED 2651 6,5
12 IM Georgescu Tiberiu-Marian ROU 2492 6,5
13 GM Fier Alexandr BRA 2575 6,5
14 IM Ankit R. Rajpara IND 2506 6,5
15 GM Jianu Vlad-Cristian ROU 2579 6,5
16 GM Iordachescu Viorel MDA 2594 6,5
17 IM Ardelean George-Catalin ROU 2496 6,5
18 IM Pavlidis Antonios GRE 2474 6,5
19 GM Halkias Stelios GRE 2530 6,5
20 GM Can Emre TUR 2513 6
21 Sandalakis Angelos GRE 2399 6
22 IM Baratosi Daniel ROU 2390 6
23 GM Nanu Costica-Ciprian ROU 2533 6
24 IM Peptan Corina-Isabela ROU 2438 6
25 IM Bok Benjamin NED 2605 6
26 IM Doncea Vladimir ROU 2410 6
27 GM Lupulescu Constantin ROU 2649 6
28 IM Miron Lucian-Costin ROU 2524 6
29 IM Soltanici Ruslan MDA 2342 6
30 FM Cawdery Daniel RSA 2407 6
Impressive.